ReadPilotTranslate research papers without losing tables or context
ReadPilot is a bilingual PDF reader for students, researchers and professionals. You read in the language you think in, the source figures stay beside the text, and any passage opens to the author's original with one tap.
ReadPilot translates the prose and leaves tables alone. Figures, tables and formulas stay as high-resolution images from the PDF, right next to the paragraph that mentions them. Terminology stays the same from chapter to chapter, and every translated passage can show its original.
ReadPilot is available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. On Windows there is nothing to install: launch the web reader.
Why generic tools struggle with scientific and medical PDFs
A research paper is not a blog post. It leans on dense data tables, numbered figure callouts and exact terminology, so a generic translation extension tends to run into three problems at once.
Generic translators and browser plugins
- They collapse table columns into one long string of text, so the data is no longer readable.
- The same pharmacological or engineering term ends up with three different names across chapters.
- You keep copying, pasting and switching to a dictionary window, which breaks your concentration.
- Mathematical symbols and chemical bonds are treated as ordinary text, and the logic comes out wrong.
ReadPilot
- Figures and data tables stay intact as high-resolution images beside the text.
- A key term appears with its original on first mention, and the same translation is used for the rest of the book.
- You read fluently in your own language and tap any passage to see the original right away.
- Chapter summaries, flashcards and quizzes are there when you want to review before an exam.
Three details built for reading closely
Why tables are never rewritten by a model
Many tools run OCR on a table, turn it into Markdown and ask a language model to rewrite it, which distorts numbers and misaligns columns. ReadPilot instead cuts the table or chart straight out of the PDF at high resolution and places it beside the paragraph. What you check in a dosage table, a statistical chart or a circuit diagram is the author's own version.
Terms are settled on first mention and stay settled
In clinical medicine, law and engineering, precision is what makes a text readable at all. Key terms keep their original wording on first mention so you can check the author's definition, and the translation you chose is used in every later chapter.
Read in your own language, with the original one tap away
The fastest way to follow complex research is to take in the concepts in the language you think in, and still be able to see the author's exact English whenever it matters. In ReadPilot any paragraph expands on tap to show its original sentence, and a second tap puts it away again.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is ReadPilot different from a standard AI PDF translator?
A standard PDF translator tries to rebuild the whole document, while ReadPilot is made for reading: it translates the prose, keeps tables and figures as source images beside the relevant text, and lets you open the original passage whenever you like.
How does ReadPilot keep technical terminology consistent?
ReadPilot shows the source-language term the first time it appears so you can verify it, then keeps the same translation across chapters.
Are my research files or PDFs uploaded and stored?
Your original PDF stays on your device by default, and only the content needed for translation is sent for processing. If you also turn on PDF cloud backup, the original file is saved in private storage for your account.
Ready for your next paper?
Open any scientific PDF and see how much easier a long paper is to read when nothing interrupts you.
On Windows, you can read directly in your browser: open the web reader.